Gregorio Conrado Alvarez

Gregorio Conrado Alvarez Armelino (26 November 1925-28 December 2016) was President of Uruguay from 1 September 1981 to 12 February 1985, succeeding Aparicio Mendez and preceding Rafael Addiego Bruno.

Biography
Gregorio Conrado Alvarez Armelino was born in Montevideo, Uruguay on 26 November 1925, and he served as a cavalry officer from 1946 to 1959. In 1971, he became a General, running a counterinsurgency operation against the Tupamaros as part of the Dirty War. In 1978, he became commander-in-chief of the army, and he became transitional president on 1 September 1981. He presided over the civic-military dictatorship from 1981 to 1985, and he oversaw 1984 elections which led to Julia Maria Sanguinetti being elected President. In 2009, Alvarez was sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder and human rights violations, and he died in 2016 at the age of 91.